Pope Francis Meets with Huntington’s Disease Patients

via AP: Pope Francis embraced weeping mothers, fathers and children with Huntington’s Disease on Thursday as he sought to remove the stigma of an incurable genetic disorder that causes such devastating physical and psychiatric effects that its sufferers are often shunned and abandoned. One by one, Francis blessed and greeted each of the family members… Read More Pope Francis Meets with Huntington’s Disease Patients

Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to Shut Down Flynn Investigation

via NY Times: President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting. “I hope you can let this go,” the president… Read More Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to Shut Down Flynn Investigation

Assad Regime Using Crematorium to Burn Victims’ Bodies

via Washington Post: The Syrian government has constructed and is using a crematorium inside its notorious Sednaya military prison outside Damascus to clandestinely dispose of thousands of prisoners it continues to execute inside the facility. At least 50 prisoners a day are executed in the prison, some in mass hangings, said Stuart Jones, the acting… Read More Assad Regime Using Crematorium to Burn Victims’ Bodies